Fri Jun 17, 2022 – 11:22 am EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Education and parents rights activists blasted President Joe Biden’s new council on parental rights and families.
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced Tuesday the new “National Parents and Family Engagement Council.”
“Parents are a child’s first teachers, and there’s no one better equipped to work with schools and educators to identify what students need to recover,” stated Cardona, who has refused to say that schools should not hide children’s “gender transitions” from parents. “The National Parents and Families Engagement Council will serve as an important link between families, caregivers, education advocates and their school communities.”
Conservatives are skeptical because of the past history of Biden officials, including Secretary Cardona, targeting parents who expressed criticism of COVID policies, curriculum and book choices, and transgender bathroom rules. Cardona coordinated with several National School Boards Association (NSBA) leaders to draft a policy that likened education activists to domestic terrorists.
Attorney General Merrick Garland then used the letter from the NSBA to direct federal law enforcement and prosecutors to crack down on activists who came to school board meetings to criticize pornographic books or mask mandates. One federal prosecutor
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